Cast All Your Votes for Dancing

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Cast All Your Votes For Dancing

I know the voice of depression
Still calls to you.

I know those habits that can ruin your life
Still send their invitations.

But you are with the Friend now
And look so much stronger.

You can stay that way
And even bloom!

Keep squeezing drops of the Sun
From your prayers and work and music
And from your companions' beautiful laughter.

Keep squeezing drops of the Sun
From the sacred hands and glance of your Beloved
And, my dear,
From the most insignificant movements
Of your own holy body.

Learn to recognize the counterfeit coins
That may buy you just a moment of pleasure,
But then drag you for days
Like a broken man
Behind a farting camel.

You are with the Friend now.
Learn what actions of yours delight Him,
What actions of yours bring freedom
And Love.

Whenever you say God's name, dear pilgrim,
My ears wish my head was missing
So they could finally kiss each other
And applaud all your nourishing wisdom!

O keep squeezing drops of the Sun
From your prayers and work and music
And from your companions' beautiful laughter

And from the most insignificant movements
Of your own holy body.

Now, sweet one,
Be wise.
Cast all your votes for Dancing!
~ Hafiz ~
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OH! This is so poignant for me today, for several reasons. We are dancing with the sun here, trying to get our solar power back online. That will probably take quite awhile. And there are personal reasons for additional heart-touching aspects of this poem for me. I will reserve those personal things in my heart.

Sufis call God the Beloved, or the Friend, for the belief and experience is that God is all aspects of Love – Love, Lover and Beloved. But this poem can also be understood in the context of the love we have for special people in our lives. I am experiencing it both ways now.


With Love and Blessings and Gratitude,
Shakura Cathryn
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"Choose happiness and joy in the face of life's challenges and always have a grateful, appreciative heart. Be still - hold a holy and whole vision - and dance!" ~Brooke Medicine Eagle